Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/22 – 5/31/2022)

The New Respects, Southern Skies Music Festival, World's Fair Concert Lawn, Knoxville, May 2022
Future Home of Loyal’s Barbershop, 204 West Magnolia, Knoxville, May 2022

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Sunday, May 22

 

Monday, May 23

  • Marianne Woodside exhibit, Awaken Coffee, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm), through May 30
  • “You Should’ve Been There!” 40th Anniversary of the 1982 World’s Fair, East Tennessee Historical Society, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Mon – Fri / 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Oct 9), $8 – $10
  • May Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Parrot Head Week Blood Drive, MEDIC Regional Blood Center, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily through May 27)
  • World War II’s “Merrill’s Marauders” — Who Were They, and Why Do They Matter? Brown Bag 2022 Lecture Series with John M. Jones, Jr, East Tennessee History Center, noon, free, but RSVP
  • Showing: Men / Lux Æterna / Men, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm / 7:10 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Food-Inspired Decorative Tile, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $35, RSVP
  • Yoga at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Mondays through May 30), $10
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Beer Dinner with Seoul Brothers, Printshop Beer Co., 6:30 pm, $65 – $80, RSVP
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Monday: Open Mic Night, hosted by Chris Marshall, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29) 
  • Final Spring Bocce, Hops and Hollers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm 
  • David Zavracky, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE
  • Meditation with Knox Insight Sangha ~ In person & Zoom, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, free, but donations welcome
  • Kelsey Walker & Haley Labelle, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Buffalo Kings, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm – 1:00 am

 

Tuesday, May 24

  • Women Artists Highlights from the Hunter Museum and the KMA, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues- Sat) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through July 24
  • The Fortune Teller’s Sister & Other Portraits by Cynthia Markert, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun), through May 29
  • Lil Clinard and Cathie Fitzjohn, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through May 29
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Melissa Hale / Gary Gilleran, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Taco Tuesday – Special Edition / Jac Conley, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm / 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Showing: Lux Æterna / Men / Men, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm / 6:30 pm / 8:40 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Stammtisch – Start a Conversation, Schulz Bräu Brewing Co, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  • Songwriter Open Mic at Next Level! with Tinca Tinca, Next Level Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Introduction to Numerology, Infinite Light Center 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $27, RSVP
  • Tuesday Weekly Event: Gypsy Mutt Club with SBRET, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Weekly Open Hack Night – Show and Share, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (through May 31)
  • Jazz on the Square: Greg Tardy Quartet, Historic Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Trivia: Win Your Team Name on a Never-Before Released Barrel-Aged Beer @ Crafty Bastard Downtown, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (continues May 31)
  • Drag Bingo at The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • In This Moment, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 pm, $30 – $60, RSVP
  • Comedy on the Corner hosted by Brandi Augustus! Corner Lounge Knoxville, 7:30 pm
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Leilani Kilgore, Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm

Wednesday, May 25

  • Medic Blood Drive – Volunteer Opportunity hosted by Beth Hickman and East Tennessee Parrothead Club, MEDIC Regional Blood Center, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (continues May 26, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm)
  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Knox Opera: Introduction Knoxville, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:40 am – 11:00 am
  • ArtSource 2022, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Wed-Fri) / 11:00 am – 3:00 pm (Sat), through May 28
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: East Tennessee Bluegrass Association, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Final Puzzled! @ Crafty Bastard Brewing, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • KCBW – Beer Release, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Showing: Men / Men/Lux Æterna, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm / 7:10 / 9:20 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Home Brewers Q&A with Blount County Home Brewers & TN Valley Home Brewers, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Union Avenue Book Club featuring Just Kids by Patti Smith (Non-fiction) / The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Fiction), Knox Brew Hub, 6:30 pm
  • Wednesday Yoga with Florals & Flows Yoga, Suttree Landing Park, 6:30 pm, $5
  • Wednesday Live Music: Jason Ellis, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Artist in Residence: Roman Reese with Josh Smith, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Star Wars Trivia Night at The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • Knox Pride: Schitt’s Creek Bingo Benefit, Maple Hall, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $20 donation
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm, $20
  • Leilani Kilgore, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Sing with the Queens @ Knox Box Karaoke, 9:30 pm – 11:59 pm, $3

 

Thursday, May 26

 

Friday, May 27

  • Final Day: Parrot Head Week Blood Drive, MEDIC Regional Blood Center, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm 
  • WDVX Big Plate Special: Brennen Leigh, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
  • 2022 Mid-Atlantic Crossfit® Challenge, Civic Coliseum, 12:30 pm – 8:00 pm (through May 29), $40 – $99, RSVP
  • Local Singer Auditions for Knoxville Opera, First Presbyterian Church, 4:00 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
  • Showing: Men / Men / Redline, Central Cinema, 5:00 pm / 7:10 pm / 9:20 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Critical Mass, start at Two Bikes, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Friday Night Live: The Deltas, The Concourse, 6:00 pm, $13.20 – $15
  • Food & Wine Pairing hosted by Blue Slip Winery @ Historic Southern Railway Station, 6:00 pm, $60
  • Harold Nagge/Alan Wyatt, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Fountain City Ramblers Live at Schulz Brau Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Friday Live Music: Corey Clifton Band, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • Jasper Hollow, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Movies Under the Stars: Willow, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $10 – $36
  • Today’s Top Hits / Sneezy / Joey’s Van, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 9:00 pm / 11:30 pm
  • Kukuly & the Fuego Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
  • Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $45 – $55, RSVP
  • Campus Culture / Conor and the Wild Hunt, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
  • The Stolen Faces, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm, $10 – $15

 

Saturday, May 28

The New Respects, Southern Skies Music Festival, World’s Fair Concert Lawn, Knoxville, May 2022

Sunday, May 29

 

Monday, May 30 

  • Final Day: Marianne Woodside exhibit, Awaken Coffee, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
  • Final Day: Ericka Walker Lithographs, Printmaking Showcase Gallery, 2nd Floor Printmaking Aisle, UT Art and Architecture Building, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • “You Should’ve Been There!” 40th Anniversary of the 1982 World’s Fair, East Tennessee Historical Society, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Mon – Fri / 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Oct 9), $8 – $10
  • May Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Showing: Redline / O.V.A. Extreme, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Yoga at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Mondays through May 30), $10
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 6:30 pm, FREE!
  • Monday: Open Mic Night, hosted by Chris Marshall, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29)
  • Willie Middlebrooks, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Lucky Loser, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Tennessee Stifflegs, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, May 31

  • National Hiring Day, Tupelo Honey Knoxville, 1 Market Square, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, RSVP
  • Women Artists Highlights from the Hunter Museum and the KMA, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues- Sat) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through July 24
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Suzie Brown and Scot Sax / Sahara Moon, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Showing: Men / Skate Video Night, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:10 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Songwriter Open Mic at Next Level! with Tinca Tinca, Next Level Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Tuesday Gypsy Mutt Club with SBRET, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Final Trivia: Win Your Team Name on a Never-Before Released Barrel-Aged Beer @ Crafty Bastard Downtown, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Final Open Hack Night – Show and Share Online, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm 
  • Jazz on the Square: Marc Boling Trio, Historic Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Macrame Wall Hanging Workshop, Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm, $35, RSVP
  • Anika, hosted by The Pilot Light @ Old City Performing Arts Center, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $15 – $18
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Alicia Harvey *Band*, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm – 11:30 pm